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of 2012 meeting at the white house with then president barack obama with speaker of the house john boehner, leader mccarthy and others, senator mcconnell of course and the president was prepared to do something he a threat to do but we actually asked him not to do. and that is to try to take unilateral executive action to deal with the issue of these young adults who came with her parents when they were children into the united states in violation of our immigration laws. and we said please, president obama, give us a chance to work with you and come up with a solution. and he listened, said no. i'm going to do, i'm going to sign an executive order or action and a going to go this alone. unfortunately for the young people who were the beneficiaries of this daca executive order, the court struck it down and so they were left in doubt and in some jeopardy wondering whether now that they n been granted a deferred action or against deportation by president obama, what the future would look like. and so president trump at, upon the advice of general kelly who was then secretary of homeland secu
of 2012 meeting at the white house with then president barack obama with speaker of the house john boehner, leader mccarthy and others, senator mcconnell of course and the president was prepared to do something he a threat to do but we actually asked him not to do. and that is to try to take unilateral executive action to deal with the issue of these young adults who came with her parents when they were children into the united states in violation of our immigration laws. and we said please,...
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john boehner won't let a bill on the house floor. if you look at the polls that are out there most business leaders, the american people as a whole, african-americans, latinos believe, whites believe that we should have immigration reform. so i don't agree with his sentiment that it's the mainstream of america. i think most people would agree and i think we have freedom of speech in this country and he certainly has the right to express his opinion as he feels blessed when you use words like invasion and things like that and you don't correct people when they use that sort of language like the tea party has been. >> what do you call that? >> you will keep it in the extreme category. >> if u.s. people across-the-board do you believe in amnesty yes or know you will get a lot of nose, probably majority. if you asked them deeply than securing our borders you will get a majority yes but when you get down to the details of that is where i think george is with this argument. i've spoken to a lot of hostile crowds that attended the evening i
john boehner won't let a bill on the house floor. if you look at the polls that are out there most business leaders, the american people as a whole, african-americans, latinos believe, whites believe that we should have immigration reform. so i don't agree with his sentiment that it's the mainstream of america. i think most people would agree and i think we have freedom of speech in this country and he certainly has the right to express his opinion as he feels blessed when you use words like...
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remember the election of 2012, meeting at the white house with then president barack obama with speaker boehner and mccarthy and others and the president was prepared to do something that he threatened to do but we asked him not to do and that is to take unit latry action -- unilateral action with these children who were brought to the united states in violation of our immigration laws. we said, please, president obama, give us a chance to work with you to come up with a solution. and he listened and said no. i'm going to do -- i'm going to sign an executive order or action and i'm going to go this alone. well, unfortunately for the young people who were the beneficiaries of this daca executive order, the court struck it down and so they were left in doubt and in some jeopardy wondering whether now that they had been granted a deferred action against deportation by president obama what their future would look like. and so president trump, upon the advice of general kelly, who was then secretary of homeland security, said give the congress some time to deal with this, and, indeed, here we are wi
remember the election of 2012, meeting at the white house with then president barack obama with speaker boehner and mccarthy and others and the president was prepared to do something that he threatened to do but we asked him not to do and that is to take unit latry action -- unilateral action with these children who were brought to the united states in violation of our immigration laws. we said, please, president obama, give us a chance to work with you to come up with a solution. and he...
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boehner's bill and pass it and pass it is not what is going to happen. s and so, we would urge speaker boehner and all of our republican colleagues to sit down and negotiate.t del throwing a hot potato over two s. that won't pass just delaysas things a day and we are simply four days away from one of the worst financial catastropheshes that could face this country, namely for the first time in a 230 year history, a refusal to s pay the debt. and that means that the time for these kinds of political games et over. or speaker boehner is having a rough time getting the posts over there, but my guess is he t will.ak but it won't make a bit ofeit we difference. it will make a darn bit because it's not going to pass this hou house, the senate. it will not pass because the short-term extension risks the same things that no extension in verse, a downgrade from a lackwn of confidence in the market and gridlock. we seem gridlock up to now. t three, four, five, six months from now come to seem gridlock will occur.so our plea we cannot play with this kind of risky f
boehner's bill and pass it and pass it is not what is going to happen. s and so, we would urge speaker boehner and all of our republican colleagues to sit down and negotiate.t del throwing a hot potato over two s. that won't pass just delaysas things a day and we are simply four days away from one of the worst financial catastropheshes that could face this country, namely for the first time in a 230 year history, a refusal to s pay the debt. and that means that the time for these kinds of...
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there's been some controversy over whether speaker boehner has been stonewalling issa's investigation, has been trying to put the brakes on this. sources say that's not true. he has been sitting back and allowing congressmann issa to do his job. it's his job to investigate things. >> host: build a case file. >> guest: and that's what the chairman has done. brought it to he house lead leadership three weeks ago with a 64 page contempt charge and they came onboard and sent a letter the attorney general saying, look, it's time for you comply with this investigation or we're going to proceed with contempt charges and they wouldn't have done that if they didn't think this was an important topic with enough evidence to prove the attorney general's isn't complying with what congress has a constitutional duty to do which is oversee the executive branch. >> you're familiar with criticses opposite this back and your reporting and republicans saying this is all about partisanship. this is not about a well intentioned or balanced inquiry into a government screwup. this is a vendetta, something th
there's been some controversy over whether speaker boehner has been stonewalling issa's investigation, has been trying to put the brakes on this. sources say that's not true. he has been sitting back and allowing congressmann issa to do his job. it's his job to investigate things. >> host: build a case file. >> guest: and that's what the chairman has done. brought it to he house lead leadership three weeks ago with a 64 page contempt charge and they came onboard and sent a letter...
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it is congressman fisa's job to investigate things in congress to be a speaker boehner is there to kind of make issues out of things that have important evidence and backing behind them that should be important on the house floor. >> host: he has a role to represent his party obviously the also the house in general. >> guest: exactly. it's not his role to get into the details of what each committee is investigating and with each committee is doing. he simply takes the big issue that are important and as mentioned. there's been controversy with the speaker has been stonewalling the investigation. the sources say that it isn't true he's been sitting back and allowing the congressman to do his job. he's the oversight chairman and it's his job to investigate things for the case file not that jarman has done his brought to the house leadership about three weeks ago with a 64 page content charge and they came on board and sent a letter to the attorney general saying look, it's time for you to comply with this investigation or we are going to proceed with charges and they wouldn't have done th
it is congressman fisa's job to investigate things in congress to be a speaker boehner is there to kind of make issues out of things that have important evidence and backing behind them that should be important on the house floor. >> host: he has a role to represent his party obviously the also the house in general. >> guest: exactly. it's not his role to get into the details of what each committee is investigating and with each committee is doing. he simply takes the big issue that...
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where is speaker speaker boehner? is he willing to fully fund homeland security or will he stick to a position of code no we are going to hold my homeland security hostage unless we get her way on immigration. so now all eyes are on speaker boehner. will he fully fund homeland security in a separate bill send it to the president for signature in both houses can debate immigration as long as the majority in each house wants to or is he going to go back to his old way and say i will do this better be the thing that i won't fully fund homeland security. without speaker boehner saying that he will fully fund homeland security senator mcconnell's offer does not get the department funding and we need the department funded. we don't need a bill. we need money to go to our police, our firefighters and the people protecting us especially during these times when security is at risk. >> a year year and a half ago the republicans shut the government down. the entire government down because they were holding the funding bills host
where is speaker speaker boehner? is he willing to fully fund homeland security or will he stick to a position of code no we are going to hold my homeland security hostage unless we get her way on immigration. so now all eyes are on speaker boehner. will he fully fund homeland security in a separate bill send it to the president for signature in both houses can debate immigration as long as the majority in each house wants to or is he going to go back to his old way and say i will do this...
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these key state starting with the middleg ballots in the of the night in the large discrepancies in boehner different devotes and keynote because the issues in lesson, you talked about the border with lines, between the executive branch and the doj. have you met the garland biden because it seems to me that garland it has his hand in different investigations that would not, wondering how the world and i'm never seen the doj do that type of thing the fbi in investigating parents and schools semi- check that out and technically - >> was there one in particular pretty. >> so yeah, so the last point, i'm garland, i'm guessing recordings that is blurring lines between joe biden and him and not recording of joe biden saying listen in need you to do this and that senate can be secured in my second term. that is a problem and i saw that i would talk on it in the first point, yes you are right that the electoral count, the old statute that a mention does allowto members of congress to object to say certifications that has happened inas the pasts still open ceremonial and no one expected there would
these key state starting with the middleg ballots in the of the night in the large discrepancies in boehner different devotes and keynote because the issues in lesson, you talked about the border with lines, between the executive branch and the doj. have you met the garland biden because it seems to me that garland it has his hand in different investigations that would not, wondering how the world and i'm never seen the doj do that type of thing the fbi in investigating parents and schools...
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speaker boehner has said, the talk about raising revenue is over. over. we haven't even started and he says it's over. zero percent out of loopholes and he says the conversation is over? i don't think so. the conversation hasn't even begun. but true to the speaker's rhetoric, the republican budget puts the burden of deficit reduction bang on to americans who can least afford it while preserving for corporations and for the people who get the benefit of tax code giveaways, every single dollar. in his conference committee opening remarks, chairman ryan said, "if this conference becomes an argument about taxes, we're not going to get anywhere." well, let's take a look at the so-called taxes, this loophole area that democrats would like to discuss. by the way, we get $975 billion out of that, which is a slice slightly larger than this one and considerably smaller than that one. so we do we get it from? well, we go to what i refer to as the republican treasure-tro treasure-trove. we go to their alli baba's cave of treasure carved aside and saved for corporatio
speaker boehner has said, the talk about raising revenue is over. over. we haven't even started and he says it's over. zero percent out of loopholes and he says the conversation is over? i don't think so. the conversation hasn't even begun. but true to the speaker's rhetoric, the republican budget puts the burden of deficit reduction bang on to americans who can least afford it while preserving for corporations and for the people who get the benefit of tax code giveaways, every single dollar....
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back and patch every six months to a year, and the reforms that actually were negotiated by speaker boehner and leader pelosi in the house which we passed by an overwhelming margin here in the senate. and then if you consider our -- what happened in the foreign relations committee on the iran sanctions issue a unanimous vote the health, education labor committee senator -- senator alexander senator murray announcing an agreement to move forward on the reauthorization of early childhood education. we have some very good progress that's being made, for example on trade. i just came from the senate sentence feet. -- from the senate finance committee. i think there is a path forward on the trade promotion authority and consideration of the transpacific partnership. the truth is that the united states has roughly 20% of the world's purchasing four, which means 80% of the purchasing power in the world lies beyond our borders. we have 5% of the world's population meaning 95% of the world's population lies beyond our borders. and the opportunities we have to grow our economy and help small and medi
back and patch every six months to a year, and the reforms that actually were negotiated by speaker boehner and leader pelosi in the house which we passed by an overwhelming margin here in the senate. and then if you consider our -- what happened in the foreign relations committee on the iran sanctions issue a unanimous vote the health, education labor committee senator -- senator alexander senator murray announcing an agreement to move forward on the reauthorization of early childhood...
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if speaker boehner would simply let the house vote. as we here in the senate showed over a year ago, people on both sides of the aisle want to fix this broken system that hurts families, workers, businesses, farmers. i could tell you story after story of crops being left in the field because of a broken immigration system and the lack of workers. this is an urgent problem, and the time to act is now. if our republican colleagues in the house don't want president obama to use his authority to help fix the broken immigration system, just as every president, by the way, since eisenhower, including presidents reagan and george h.w. bush have done -- all they have to do, all they have to do is simply vote, just have a vote. we don't have to have this back-and-forth about how two do we work together on appropriations, get other things done that desperately need to get done, just vote. it is in their hands. we cannot afford to wait another 510 days to begin to address this urgent problem. which is why if the house will not act, the president
if speaker boehner would simply let the house vote. as we here in the senate showed over a year ago, people on both sides of the aisle want to fix this broken system that hurts families, workers, businesses, farmers. i could tell you story after story of crops being left in the field because of a broken immigration system and the lack of workers. this is an urgent problem, and the time to act is now. if our republican colleagues in the house don't want president obama to use his authority to...
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all eyes are on boehner. there was controversy last week where white house senior adviser valerie jarrett said that she had a commitment, the white house got a commitment from boehner to move immigration this year. boehner has mocked his republican colleagues back home a week or so ago. he had to walk those back when he got back to washington. so the question is, what is boehner going to do? is he going to be the speaker next year? is this a legacy? because boehner throughout his career has been a dealmaker. he wants to move immigration reform, but it's so hard to move the house republican conference partly because a lot of republicans say why are we doing this? we're looking at a pretty good election season, we may win the senate. why bring up something that divides us? but boehner does can feel when the senate moves -- does feel when the senate moves on something and it sits in the house, he feels like the ball is in his court. so there's been a lot of talk on conservative radio very concerned of what boehn
all eyes are on boehner. there was controversy last week where white house senior adviser valerie jarrett said that she had a commitment, the white house got a commitment from boehner to move immigration this year. boehner has mocked his republican colleagues back home a week or so ago. he had to walk those back when he got back to washington. so the question is, what is boehner going to do? is he going to be the speaker next year? is this a legacy? because boehner throughout his career has...
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why am i putting all this on poor john boehner? a congressman from ohio, from a working family himself. because it's within his power to call before the house of representatives a measure that passed the united states senate last july. we passed on a bipartisan vote a measure to protect all families making less than $250,000 a year from any income tax increase on december 31. sent it over to the house of representatives. in july, and speaker boehner has refused to call this measure that would protect working families, and as a result, if he does nothing, their tax bill will go up $2,200 next year. how do you explain that? it's not only unfair to those families who are working and struggling, it's really not a good thing for this country. all of us know the issue of income and equality, how many working families are falling further and further behind every single year debt ceiling -- every single year despite their best efforts, despite their hard work. we also know many families are looking ahead and wondering how in the world are
why am i putting all this on poor john boehner? a congressman from ohio, from a working family himself. because it's within his power to call before the house of representatives a measure that passed the united states senate last july. we passed on a bipartisan vote a measure to protect all families making less than $250,000 a year from any income tax increase on december 31. sent it over to the house of representatives. in july, and speaker boehner has refused to call this measure that would...
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president, it's time for speaker boehner to put down the gun. it's time for us to open government and to make sure that we pay our bills, and then, yes, we want to negotiate for six months we have been trying to negotiate a budget. open government, pay our bills, and then let's negotiate a responsible budget for this nation. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to address the twin manufactured crises that are facing the country -- a hobbled government and the threat of default. i have seen some describe it as a game and i have seen others talk about it as just partisanship and posturing. but, mr. president, this situation is neither. this is serious business. in fact, i am deeply troubled about this not only as a senator, a representative of the state of rhode island, but as an american, of where my country is going. i am dismayed that some on the other side have decided that for whatever r
president, it's time for speaker boehner to put down the gun. it's time for us to open government and to make sure that we pay our bills, and then, yes, we want to negotiate for six months we have been trying to negotiate a budget. open government, pay our bills, and then let's negotiate a responsible budget for this nation. with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: thank you, mr. president. mr....
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years ago john boehner, then speaker had a secret group of bipartisan members trying to get some type of deal. they met on and off for over a year, could not come up with a solution that could pass the house. the dream act when president obama did pass the house if fewer than ten republicans supported and they couldn't get the 60 votes in the senate which led to the daca program. some members have said this is the opportunity, we can do it. but maybe there is a big deal. maybe there's a dreamers plus trumps wall. but certainly the odds are against it. >> talk to that. what things will be tied together here? there's a lotta big funding deadlines? you think this is one of the things that could be part of a big deal? >> there could be a big deal on this but the fiscal issues will have to come first. possibly harvey relief with raising the debt ceiling, funding the government, you have other deadlines on defense and children's healthcare. this is something congress does a lot, but a lot of members including speaker paul ryan says they don't want to do, having one big bill what you don't h
years ago john boehner, then speaker had a secret group of bipartisan members trying to get some type of deal. they met on and off for over a year, could not come up with a solution that could pass the house. the dream act when president obama did pass the house if fewer than ten republicans supported and they couldn't get the 60 votes in the senate which led to the daca program. some members have said this is the opportunity, we can do it. but maybe there is a big deal. maybe there's a...
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so speaker boehner, and i think with the support of the american people, speaker boehner has said well, we could do a fairly large increase in our debt ceiling to allow the country to continue to borrow or we could do a short one but we in the house and the republican house believe we have got to confront our problems so i would propose and he has stated that the house would vote to raise the debt ceiling but only to the extent to which spending has been reduced an equal amount. so if you reduce spending enough over ten years, you get an immediate increase in the debt ceiling of an equal amount now. if you reduce spending over ten years a larger amount, well, you could increase the debt limit a larger amount. and it's become a vehicle, an opportunity for the american people to understand how we are surging out of control, spiraling out of control and how it is that congress has got to figure out a way to rein this in. it's just unsustainable the path that we are on. so there is $1 per -- $1 increase in debt ceiling per $1 reduction in spending kind of caught on. people seem to be going
so speaker boehner, and i think with the support of the american people, speaker boehner has said well, we could do a fairly large increase in our debt ceiling to allow the country to continue to borrow or we could do a short one but we in the house and the republican house believe we have got to confront our problems so i would propose and he has stated that the house would vote to raise the debt ceiling but only to the extent to which spending has been reduced an equal amount. so if you...
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that is has certainly -- i boehner last year it is increased $24 billion, and that's not a complete estimate. we got a a big problem but the cfos could be more involved and that. also, mr. chairman, as you pointed out there are a lot of antiquated federal systems which can make timely decisions. cfo act revisions that you've set forth would provide for more modern financial systems to help make better decisions at the agency. so it will strengthen the cfos ability to help manage the cost of government better. not just account for the money that we've had, but manage the cost. now, to open disregard ifad conversation with the number of house leaders in the committees that would have jurisdiction over the cfo act refinements to upset, lays the groundwork a little bit as well to hopefully expedite getting this done this year. >> thank you for that and suggestion we need better continuity in the succession on those cfos, too. you also brought us the necessity for having a federal program inventory. we are continuing to push omb to implement its requirement to publish an inventory of federal prog
that is has certainly -- i boehner last year it is increased $24 billion, and that's not a complete estimate. we got a a big problem but the cfos could be more involved and that. also, mr. chairman, as you pointed out there are a lot of antiquated federal systems which can make timely decisions. cfo act revisions that you've set forth would provide for more modern financial systems to help make better decisions at the agency. so it will strengthen the cfos ability to help manage the cost of...
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if the votes are there on the floor of the house of representatives somebody named boehner boehner stop that flow from happening. frankly as a social studies teacher what do i say to my kids? that democracy is supposed to work and john boehner who has the votes will not let the democracy were? john boehner will not put it on the floor so the good people behind this the want to make sure democracy works have voted? that is why we need to help the progressives in the house of representatives and the president say shame on the tea party. if you want america to work you must put a clean cr on the dash if you want america to work and if you want america to be accountable and transparent and the nation and the world put the government back to work. take a vote. take a vote. take a vote. take a vote. steve randy weingarten. put your hands together, put your hands together for the executive vice president of the afl-cio. we had richard trumka here just the other day. he had to to be away but let me tell you we have enough to tell you. tiberi is on fire all about this country. come hear brother.
if the votes are there on the floor of the house of representatives somebody named boehner boehner stop that flow from happening. frankly as a social studies teacher what do i say to my kids? that democracy is supposed to work and john boehner who has the votes will not let the democracy were? john boehner will not put it on the floor so the good people behind this the want to make sure democracy works have voted? that is why we need to help the progressives in the house of representatives and...
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he is probably just around the back of the white house having a fight with john boehner. what did i say? you know, a cigarette. what is is the point of being a brit if you cannot make that joke? it did make me think being here and diving into the political debate of being a brit in america and coming at this important time. many years ago, i moved to another country for a while, and there as an acronym for what i did. it was hong kong. and there is an acronym for people who leave london and go work in hong call called failed in london, tried in hong kong. so i am thinking about my entry here into the american politics. can you guess? donald. dumb britain, america looks desperate. here i am to help. i hope i can do my best. i don't know if there is much chance of making an impact in the immediate days ahead but i really hope to get involved into the political argument here. i have been here for four years now working on my startup out in california. this book, "more human," has just come out. and i don't want to spend too much time talking about it because i would love to
he is probably just around the back of the white house having a fight with john boehner. what did i say? you know, a cigarette. what is is the point of being a brit if you cannot make that joke? it did make me think being here and diving into the political debate of being a brit in america and coming at this important time. many years ago, i moved to another country for a while, and there as an acronym for what i did. it was hong kong. and there is an acronym for people who leave london and go...
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i'm hopeful, if we get this done, we send this over to speaker boehner, that he'll get it through his body over there, and then we can get this done, send it to the president. it also impacts the president too. we say the president can't get paid either because the deal is that we have to work with the president and come up with a compromise here. so senator leahy has a good suggestion. some people might like that option better. i feel this should be kept very simple. in the case of a government shutdown, we're treated the same way as other federal employees. the reason we have to do this is members of congress and the president are paid by a separate statute rather than by the annual appropriations process. so we have to pass a separate statute on this. and, it's a very simple, simple bill. and, again, i hope that we never have to come to this where we have any type of a shutdown. but maybe this bill will make some colleagues who feel that they'll be protected from sacrifice, you know, will realize that it's painful. it's painful for a lot of people. certainly it would be painful for
i'm hopeful, if we get this done, we send this over to speaker boehner, that he'll get it through his body over there, and then we can get this done, send it to the president. it also impacts the president too. we say the president can't get paid either because the deal is that we have to work with the president and come up with a compromise here. so senator leahy has a good suggestion. some people might like that option better. i feel this should be kept very simple. in the case of a...
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we're waiting for speaker boehner to schedule a vote. we're waiting for reason to prevail for our republican friends in the other body to once and for all do what's right and think about the cost of inaction, not only in dollars and cents but in the lives of the families and the future of this nation. we're waiting for the speaker to stop letting the most radical voices like steven king dictate the future of immigration reform. speaker boehner himself has publicly denounced congressman king for his, and i quote, hateful language, yet the only, the only immigration-related votes of the speaker of the houe of representatives has allowed in the last year was for radical proposals to end daca and support our nation's dreamers. it's time for speaker boehner to stand up for the majority of the republican party and of the congress and of the house of representatives and remove steven king's undeserved carte blanche on immigration policy. madam president, we had a vote in the house. the senate bill as -- if we had a vote in the house, the senate
we're waiting for speaker boehner to schedule a vote. we're waiting for reason to prevail for our republican friends in the other body to once and for all do what's right and think about the cost of inaction, not only in dollars and cents but in the lives of the families and the future of this nation. we're waiting for the speaker to stop letting the most radical voices like steven king dictate the future of immigration reform. speaker boehner himself has publicly denounced congressman king for...
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john boehner years ago, then speaker, had a secret group of bipartisan members trying to get some type of deal. for wellon and off over one year and could not come up with a solution of that could pass the house. the dream act, when president obama passed the house, but fewer than 10 republicans supported it, they could not get the 60 votes in the senate which led to the daca program. some members -- you were talking -- some members said this is the opportunity and we can do it. maybe there is a big deal, a dreamers plus the wall that could pass. the odds are against it. host: talk us through that, what is possible going to be tied together in the next few weeks, a lot of big issues and funding deadlines. is this one of the things that could be part of some sort of big deal? ,> there could be a big deal but the fiscal issues will have to come first. possibly, harder belief with raising the debt ceiling. funding the government. you have other deadlines on defense and children's health care. this is something that congress does a lot, but a lot of members, including paul ryan, has said t
john boehner years ago, then speaker, had a secret group of bipartisan members trying to get some type of deal. for wellon and off over one year and could not come up with a solution of that could pass the house. the dream act, when president obama passed the house, but fewer than 10 republicans supported it, they could not get the 60 votes in the senate which led to the daca program. some members -- you were talking -- some members said this is the opportunity and we can do it. maybe there is...
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explain the evolution within house republican ranks on this with chairman issa, speaker john boehner, majority leader eric cantor and the majority whip, kevin mccarthy. >> guest: for about a year now congressman issa -- well, first, we'll go back to where this whole thing started. it started in the senate with senator charles imrazly who started -- grassley who started investigating this first. because he's in the minority, he chick kicked out over to congressman issa because he has subpoena power. it's congressman issa's job to investigate things in congress. speaker boehner is there to, you know, kind of make issues out of things that have important evidence and backing behind them that should be important on the house floor. >> host: the house in general because he's a constitutional officer, and he has a role to represent his party, obviously, but also the house in general. >> guest: right, exactly. so it's not his role to kind of get into the details of what each committee is investigating, what each committee is doing. he simply takes the big issues that are important, as you ju
explain the evolution within house republican ranks on this with chairman issa, speaker john boehner, majority leader eric cantor and the majority whip, kevin mccarthy. >> guest: for about a year now congressman issa -- well, first, we'll go back to where this whole thing started. it started in the senate with senator charles imrazly who started -- grassley who started investigating this first. because he's in the minority, he chick kicked out over to congressman issa because he has...
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and boehner was able to persuade them, don't touch it. and so it was democrat own corrupt mess that didn't work. at 20 republicans, can i get something from a district just a little thing and i vote for? then it would've been a bipartisan mess in 2010 and never happened. i think boehner and mitch mcconnell understand as you go into 2014, 2016 and the rest of the republic's life, if the republican party is apart from obama's -- it succeeds. if you hug him and join and do bad things, that's unlikely to work. >> is there a loophole in the pledge? if we go off the cliff at the end of the or, if all the bush tax cuts expire, if everybody's taxes go up and then republicans vote to eliminate taxes on everyone, or to reinstate the bush tax cuts for everyone except for the various -- they're all voting for a tax cut, right? >> here's the challenge, and this has been what harry reid doesn't get to the pledges not to make. the pledges to the people of the state and the american people. so if your congressman percentage can go back and say 20 differe
and boehner was able to persuade them, don't touch it. and so it was democrat own corrupt mess that didn't work. at 20 republicans, can i get something from a district just a little thing and i vote for? then it would've been a bipartisan mess in 2010 and never happened. i think boehner and mitch mcconnell understand as you go into 2014, 2016 and the rest of the republic's life, if the republican party is apart from obama's -- it succeeds. if you hug him and join and do bad things, that's...
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they have been saying that all along, and the thinking among democrats is, well, boehner doesn't like this now, but if we get this through the senate, maybe he'll change his mind because there's more pressure from some of his senate republican colleagues. a while ago, it was not even the senate would do this, and i was saying there's no chance this is going to happen, so it makes me red sent to say boehner would change his mind even though it seems up likely. >> you wrote a story about how people feel about up employment benefits. what's that about? >> caller: well, we're a news bs -- website and notice people googled the term "unemployment extension," and we checked google analytics, a thing anyone can do, and we saw that people are searching for the terms "unemployment extension," and "unemployment extension 2014" more, and the interest spiked? january and steadily rising since then, and our theory is this really reflects up employed people trying to find out through the news what's going op and whether they might ever be able to, in fact, extract some checks they have been missing,
they have been saying that all along, and the thinking among democrats is, well, boehner doesn't like this now, but if we get this through the senate, maybe he'll change his mind because there's more pressure from some of his senate republican colleagues. a while ago, it was not even the senate would do this, and i was saying there's no chance this is going to happen, so it makes me red sent to say boehner would change his mind even though it seems up likely. >> you wrote a story about...
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i guess the question is, it are mitch mcconnell and john boehner speaking? guest: they are talking. it has been a curious thing watching the new congress given that boehner and mcconnell have since they both became leaders of their respective caucuses. but right now they're dealing with different internal politics on this issue which makes it very difficult. the math challenges are both different in the house and in the senate. in the senate they need 60 to advance any legislation to overcome a democratic filibuster. that means they need to have some sort of bipartisan support. in the house they can pass anything with a simple majority of republicans, and conservatives don't want the republican leadership to bend at all on this immigration issue. so they each are dealing with their own respective politics their own challenges within their caucuses, they're talking about what they can do, but they're not entirely clear how they can get out of this. >> host: we invite your questions and comments for our guest from pretty toe senior congressional -- politico, senior congressional repub
i guess the question is, it are mitch mcconnell and john boehner speaking? guest: they are talking. it has been a curious thing watching the new congress given that boehner and mcconnell have since they both became leaders of their respective caucuses. but right now they're dealing with different internal politics on this issue which makes it very difficult. the math challenges are both different in the house and in the senate. in the senate they need 60 to advance any legislation to overcome a...
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and it was headed to the house and it was going to pass house republican leadership john boehner intended to take up the amnesty bill and pass it with the votes of all the democrats. it was going to be republican leadership plus all the democrats overruling about 200 house republicans. you want to know just how close it was to passing, ask steve king, just how close republican leadership was to jamming this through with all of the democrats. now, that once again was a time for choosing. the our candidates in the republican race for president who talk about immigration an awful lot. the only question we should ask as voter is in 2013 when the fight was being waged, where were you? i can tell you it was about to pass and then a handful of leaders, including jeff sessions and including and especially iowa's own the relentless steve king stood in lead the fight to defeat it. [applause] and i was proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with jeff sessions and louie gohmert and steve king, and together millions of americans rose up and said, no, protect the rule of law. know, protect our borders. kn
and it was headed to the house and it was going to pass house republican leadership john boehner intended to take up the amnesty bill and pass it with the votes of all the democrats. it was going to be republican leadership plus all the democrats overruling about 200 house republicans. you want to know just how close it was to passing, ask steve king, just how close republican leadership was to jamming this through with all of the democrats. now, that once again was a time for choosing. the our...
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it was a really special moment in congress as catholics, but a special moment for john boehner. we know how emotional he gets and he decided right then and there to hang it up. so, cardinal dolan, my friend, i need you to hurry up and become the pope so i can invite you to congress and i can get the hell out of there. so, please, work on that. [applaus [applause] >> actually, we have some other things in common. in november, a few years ago, cardinal dolan himself ran for office, in the 2007 united states conference of catholics bishops, but he lost for vice-president, so cardinal, join the club, or-- it was last january, january 20th, cardinal dolan gave the b bin-- benediction at the inaugural. it's from the book that no one in washington is familiar with. actually, there was just this one kind of awkward moment when the cardinal talked about the infallible almighty supreme being. the president stood up and took a bow. [laughter] >> both presidents, actually. truth is, no one is infallible. we all make mistakes. we all learn. i personally have learned so much in congress, for
it was a really special moment in congress as catholics, but a special moment for john boehner. we know how emotional he gets and he decided right then and there to hang it up. so, cardinal dolan, my friend, i need you to hurry up and become the pope so i can invite you to congress and i can get the hell out of there. so, please, work on that. [applaus [applause] >> actually, we have some other things in common. in november, a few years ago, cardinal dolan himself ran for office, in the...
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not that i want to kill boehner. it's too bad that he can't just do what needs to be done, which is to make clear what the problems are and in them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment. it has to do with both osama bin laden and these -- the use of the secret war. david ignatius wrote about how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all the secret stuff that is out there. we have all these secret armies. also what is interesting, he has been one of the presidents who has been most vociferous about shutting down and badly treating whistle-blowers and not tolerating any -- any kind of a tax or someone coming at him. and so i am wondering if you put all of this together, someone who cannot book criticism, having an alternative view out there. on top of this being willing to be a law unto himself, regardless of what that is. >> this is all is why i like to come to politics and prose. i think that in his unconscious, and this is,
not that i want to kill boehner. it's too bad that he can't just do what needs to be done, which is to make clear what the problems are and in them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment. it has to do with both osama bin laden and these -- the use of the secret war. david ignatius wrote about how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all the secret stuff that is out there. we have all these secret...
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john boehner is expected to ask house republicans for a short-term debt ceiling increase. the u.s. senate is about to gavel in and will have more speeches on the government shut down and the debt limit. harry reid expecting to make a motion, that heads up a vote to head forward on legislation to suspend the debt limit until the end of this year. the chaplain: let us pray. immortal and wise god, may the memory of your past mercies sustain us during these challenging times. as we have reached the tenth day of this federal shutdown, strengthen our senators with your might, preserving them with your grace, and instructing them with your wisdom. inspire them to take a step back from partisanship and to take a step forward toward patriotism, striving to strengthen and not weaken this land we love. lord, make them alive and alert to the spiritual values which underlie all the struggle of this challenging season. direct their going out and coming in, as you energize them with your presence. we pray in your strong name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of a
john boehner is expected to ask house republicans for a short-term debt ceiling increase. the u.s. senate is about to gavel in and will have more speeches on the government shut down and the debt limit. harry reid expecting to make a motion, that heads up a vote to head forward on legislation to suspend the debt limit until the end of this year. the chaplain: let us pray. immortal and wise god, may the memory of your past mercies sustain us during these challenging times. as we have reached the...
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now what the house does, what speaker boehner does, he made some negative comments about the bill last week. my comments back were the speaker has his hands full. he's been busy. i understand it. i wouldn't want his job. he's got a tough job. he's got a lot of issues to juggle. but i said, and i will say again, when this bill comes to the house -- which it will when it passes the senate this week -- he will hear from millions and millions of americans that paid their mortgage every month, that went to work every day, who honor their families by building homes in places that have been for generations and they're about ready to take those front door keys and turn them in to the local bank and walk away from their house and speaker boehner is going to hear that. and i hope that those words, those expressions, those pictures, those letters will hit his heart the way they have hit mine and that he will have a softened heart and an open mind, and he will consider what we're trying to do. and i realize that our way may not be the most perfect way but it's a good way. and if somebody wants to
now what the house does, what speaker boehner does, he made some negative comments about the bill last week. my comments back were the speaker has his hands full. he's been busy. i understand it. i wouldn't want his job. he's got a tough job. he's got a lot of issues to juggle. but i said, and i will say again, when this bill comes to the house -- which it will when it passes the senate this week -- he will hear from millions and millions of americans that paid their mortgage every month, that...
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boehner wanted to get a pound of flesh for the debt ceiling. it was the rump group of republicans who couldn't vote for a debt ceiling. i understand their argument, but it did make it impossible to get something for the debt ceiling. so a clean debt ceiling was better than what i sent a letter opposing was an argument some people went which is that this should add spending stuff in or in order to get, buy democratic votes -- i'd like to get something, but i sure as heck don't want to have to pay a ransom for it. >> host: grover norquist, americans for tax reform, their president, thanks for your time. >> guest: good to be with you. >> the senate returns at 2:15 eastern for work on a bill that would expand veterans' benefits. earlier today the chamber confirmed three jewish -- judicial nominations, one for the eastern district of arkansas and the other two for the northern district of california. watch the senate live here on c-span2 when members return at 2:15 p.m. eastern. >> coming up shortly, the house and senate committees on veterans affai
boehner wanted to get a pound of flesh for the debt ceiling. it was the rump group of republicans who couldn't vote for a debt ceiling. i understand their argument, but it did make it impossible to get something for the debt ceiling. so a clean debt ceiling was better than what i sent a letter opposing was an argument some people went which is that this should add spending stuff in or in order to get, buy democratic votes -- i'd like to get something, but i sure as heck don't want to have to...
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or can boehner dump cantor? >> guest: i don't think you're going to see speaker boehner dump cantor. i don't think they are the best of friends but they have a close professional relationship. this is a conference that needs the leadership to be working together. in the past there has been discussion of the regard between boehner and cantor but moving forward, there continues to be in the political corner working together as a better solution. the most important thing to watch is that cantor isn't saying much published in -- publicly and at least there's doing that i doubt you will hear about cantor working gets boehner. >> host: gilbert go kentucky, independent caller. >> caller: good morning. it seems to me that cantor goes behind speaker boehner's back. [inaudible] there is a lot of sacred stuff going around in the republican party. they need to be more united and they are not. the american people elected the same people over and over and over. until that stops i don't know how americans are going to move for
or can boehner dump cantor? >> guest: i don't think you're going to see speaker boehner dump cantor. i don't think they are the best of friends but they have a close professional relationship. this is a conference that needs the leadership to be working together. in the past there has been discussion of the regard between boehner and cantor but moving forward, there continues to be in the political corner working together as a better solution. the most important thing to watch is that...
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even speaker boehner didn't give it much credence. so if we wait for tax reform, we're going to have lots more inversions and it's going to take far too long if we ever get to tax reform at all. saying that we should wait for tax reform to deal with inversions is a green light to allow many more inversions to occur. for some who make it, frankly it's an execution to keep this loophole in place for the foreseeable future. the tax reductions achieved through inversions happen in a couple of different ways, mr. chairman. first, by moving their domecile they are no longer on u.s. tax and this has been appealing to pharmaceutical companies. walgreens, for instance, is doing the same thing. why is that? well it's the second piece of the inverter's tax avoidance equation. not only can these companies avoid paying taxes on their internationiaal internationial optations, they can avoid paying taxes on their u.s. taxes that remain in the united states. one way is through a mechanism in the tax code called the interest expense deduction. it's a
even speaker boehner didn't give it much credence. so if we wait for tax reform, we're going to have lots more inversions and it's going to take far too long if we ever get to tax reform at all. saying that we should wait for tax reform to deal with inversions is a green light to allow many more inversions to occur. for some who make it, frankly it's an execution to keep this loophole in place for the foreseeable future. the tax reductions achieved through inversions happen in a couple of...
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boehner debt pitch has risk for gop and it says it's a risky proposition that could once again john boehner to compromise and leave the conservative republican majority to accept less than what it wanted. do you share that concern. >> guest: well, first and foremost we have to do something about the debt ceiling. the president thinks we're going to have a clean bill coming through, i think, that's fantasy. and we're going to have to -- and the american people are demanding something. if you look at the -- just the polling numbers out there, they're saying right now, what we want to have is a clean -- you know, no clean bill. they want massive reductions in federal spending. >> host: are you standing by speaker boehner? will you too require two trillion in spending cuts to increase for a 2 trillion debt increase. >> guest: i didn't get to hear the president's speech last night because i was stuck on an airplane. but we want to have spending reductions. when you look at the overall spending that we had until several year with speaker pelosi with 12 billion being added to the debt. >> host: th
boehner debt pitch has risk for gop and it says it's a risky proposition that could once again john boehner to compromise and leave the conservative republican majority to accept less than what it wanted. do you share that concern. >> guest: well, first and foremost we have to do something about the debt ceiling. the president thinks we're going to have a clean bill coming through, i think, that's fantasy. and we're going to have to -- and the american people are demanding something. if...
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one of the things i was told, and i reported in that piece, is susan rice wrote a letter to john boehner saying the administration wanted to repeal beenraq aumf, which had the policy before isis, and this letter was sent after isis took over most, so people even in the dod were saying we do not want to do this anymore, we need an authorization in iraq now. so it was a sense that things on been not working smoothly very important issues that needed to be decided in a decisive way. host: so the question is -- is president obama going to shake up his team for the remainder of these two years? is thatvery indication to the extent there will be in a shakeup it will be at lower .evels i do not think we will see chuck hagel replaced. i do not think we will see susan rice replace. tony lincoln, the deputy national security advisor is going over to be dec deputy secretary of state, but obama has proved to be a president that does not like to fire people at all. really even less than other previous presidents. i do not expect we will see that, but there have been calls around town, if you will, su
one of the things i was told, and i reported in that piece, is susan rice wrote a letter to john boehner saying the administration wanted to repeal beenraq aumf, which had the policy before isis, and this letter was sent after isis took over most, so people even in the dod were saying we do not want to do this anymore, we need an authorization in iraq now. so it was a sense that things on been not working smoothly very important issues that needed to be decided in a decisive way. host: so the...
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host: what do we know about john boehner's management style? guest: john boehner is probably somewhat closer to his republican predecessor than newt gingrich. he tries to do more things behind the scenes and then of front in public. he is delegating a great deal of power to other lieutenants in this process, both within the leadership, including of course the top team of eric kanter and kevin mccarthy, but also to commit the leaders. how long that lasts a that way will be an interesting process. but also, for john boehner who has a law career, and then being dumped at a time when the republicans went through a great turmoil before it knew to gingrich left the leadership, when you have to say is that this is a very determined and persistent man. you do not fall off that ladder, get up and heal broken bones, get back on, and then rise in this fashion with a pretty strong backbone. host: also joining us is donald ritchie. one of the things the senate is going to do today is look at the filibuster rules. has it ever change? guest: is changed a lot.
host: what do we know about john boehner's management style? guest: john boehner is probably somewhat closer to his republican predecessor than newt gingrich. he tries to do more things behind the scenes and then of front in public. he is delegating a great deal of power to other lieutenants in this process, both within the leadership, including of course the top team of eric kanter and kevin mccarthy, but also to commit the leaders. how long that lasts a that way will be an interesting...
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and then to say that obama has exact -- exceeded his authority they want to see speaker boehner suing the president over executive overreached. >> host: read more at the hill.com. mike lillis thank you for the update. form. mr. sanders: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: as the chairman of the senate committee on veterans' affairs, i rise today veterans' affairs, i rise today >> as chairman of the senate committee affairs for veterans in short support of robert mcdonald to serve as secretary of the veterans affairs administration. madam president i also want to think majority beater reid for moving this nomination for word as quickly as a has and i hope very much with the very strong'' the u.s. senate will vote to confirm robert mcdonald as secretary of the veterans administration. before i talk about his qualifications i want to take a moment to express my sincere said -- thinks touche and secchi for his dedication to our nation as a soldier and head of the da 2 take care of those better injured and those who perished on the battlefield. he
and then to say that obama has exact -- exceeded his authority they want to see speaker boehner suing the president over executive overreached. >> host: read more at the hill.com. mike lillis thank you for the update. form. mr. sanders: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: as the chairman of the senate committee on veterans' affairs, i rise today veterans' affairs, i rise today >> as chairman of the senate committee affairs for veterans in...
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he's finding that speaker boehner couldn't do much better than he's done. that's why boehner left. he couldn't handle it, because as boehner used to call them, the crazies take over that caucus. they have a rule in the house, mr. president -- the presiding officer served in the house of representatives. all the time he was there, they had a rule -- it wasn't when i was there, there was no such rule. but the rule they have now is called the hastert rule. by the way, of course, haste is in prison, so they should at least change the name of that. the hastert rule says that we're only going to pass a bill if we can get the majority to vote for it. so to get anything done in the house of representatives, you have to have a majority of the republicans support a bill. it doesn't matter how the democrats feel. they don't basically get to vote on anything. so what they did in an effort to get something back here, the speaker has told lots of people, i can't pass anything dealing with zika unless we do something about planned parenthood. that's what he's told everybody. and it's obvious from
he's finding that speaker boehner couldn't do much better than he's done. that's why boehner left. he couldn't handle it, because as boehner used to call them, the crazies take over that caucus. they have a rule in the house, mr. president -- the presiding officer served in the house of representatives. all the time he was there, they had a rule -- it wasn't when i was there, there was no such rule. but the rule they have now is called the hastert rule. by the way, of course, haste is in...
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gohmert have put their names forward as possible replacements for speaker boehner. would you support either one? caller: i'm glad you asked. i do support mr. gomer -- gohmer t. i'm in a rezoning exile in the state of texas, chasing the oil boom, which i think has been busted. i have been following louie gohmert for the past couple of years, listening to him speak. quite frankly, i have been listening to him and his ideas are more in accord with mine. that is my mind on it. i don't know the other two gentlemen that you spoke of, but i am about fed up with these folks in d.c. when you elect a democrat, you know what you are going to get. higher prices, you are going to get screwed. when you get the same from people of your own party, that is unacceptable, in my opinion. guest: a lot of the dissatisfaction with washington -- and that includes republican and democratic lears and theesident and we have seen that poll after poll and that's something that republicans have to be concerned about. they have to be concerned about a sean hannity who called for a friend of louie
gohmert have put their names forward as possible replacements for speaker boehner. would you support either one? caller: i'm glad you asked. i do support mr. gomer -- gohmer t. i'm in a rezoning exile in the state of texas, chasing the oil boom, which i think has been busted. i have been following louie gohmert for the past couple of years, listening to him speak. quite frankly, i have been listening to him and his ideas are more in accord with mine. that is my mind on it. i don't know the...
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boehner may say good luck with that. have a fun time. but his political interest is tied directly to whether or not people have any more confidence in our economic system and business have the ability to invest in that system. if they don't feel that confidence, he can do all sorts of little legislative things, he's dead. >> so little green energy progress, a little trade progress, a little symbolic spending cuts, that doesn't really do it? >> i think he's got to go to 10,000 feet and basically convince the american public that he is a person that believes in our economic system and that they have confidence in so businesses will invest and small businesses have hand in washington and not an enemy. >> steve, do you agree with that it's rhetorical and sort of communicating a vision rather than doing little things with congress? >> totally with matthew. one of the things that was so attractive about barack obama, the candidate for president, that he was positive, hopeful and aspirational about america's future and what we can do and what w
boehner may say good luck with that. have a fun time. but his political interest is tied directly to whether or not people have any more confidence in our economic system and business have the ability to invest in that system. if they don't feel that confidence, he can do all sorts of little legislative things, he's dead. >> so little green energy progress, a little trade progress, a little symbolic spending cuts, that doesn't really do it? >> i think he's got to go to 10,000 feet...
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so send a letter, the leader house democratic leader has sent a letter to speaker boehner asking him to appoint conferees. the time has come, it's long overdue. we want a full open and transparent discussion of priorieshalow the public to make a judgment about these priorities they prefer, and they understand what the decisions are. who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan bill in the house with peter king. to put forth a manchin-toomey compromise that failed, so sadly, in the senate last night. we are so disappointed. our sorrow was expressed so appropriately by president obama last night that i invited mike to join us here to tell
so send a letter, the leader house democratic leader has sent a letter to speaker boehner asking him to appoint conferees. the time has come, it's long overdue. we want a full open and transparent discussion of priorieshalow the public to make a judgment about these priorities they prefer, and they understand what the decisions are. who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus...
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it's up to speaker boehner. the senate has passed a short-term bill to open up the government and end this manufactured crisis. we know there is a bipartisan majority in the house that now supports that approach. all speaker boehner has to do is let them know. this isn't the time to talk about opening up the government. it is the time to actually do it. the work of minix, no more games. stop scrambling to make it look like they care about families and communities impacted. do something to help them. once the house passes are built, one stands this crisis and stop threatening the country with another, then of course we would sit down with the republicans and work towards what we've been trying to work towards for more than six months come i want budget deal. in fact, it's been years to been trying to get there. i've been trying to start a budget conference. as you well know, it has been bought every time. so yes, let's talk, but first let's act. but then this crisis. >> on the media had at the white house, have y
it's up to speaker boehner. the senate has passed a short-term bill to open up the government and end this manufactured crisis. we know there is a bipartisan majority in the house that now supports that approach. all speaker boehner has to do is let them know. this isn't the time to talk about opening up the government. it is the time to actually do it. the work of minix, no more games. stop scrambling to make it look like they care about families and communities impacted. do something to help...
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we have weight scored nation boehner also working and will continue to were about how we might look at discretionary dollars. >> thank you. that's the perfect, i think, collaboration between union health service to move this whole issue forward. >> appreciated. welcome. >> thank you for inviting me. thank you for your good work. massachusetts and programs that distribute a line in the community. the family and friends of an appeal of user. he's pro grams save thousands of lives. my understanding, or ever, members of the general public have expressed concern about being held liable for lawsuits to pay a master and receive orders situations. have you also heard these concerns? >> i have. >> of we were to eliminate those liability concerns, the think we could increase radically the number of people ready, willing, and able to save the lives. >> people in response to an overdose, a strategy that we should continue to investigate. the life of a family member or a loved one because of legal liability. a recently introduced a bill called the opiate reduction act. it extends projections to peo
we have weight scored nation boehner also working and will continue to were about how we might look at discretionary dollars. >> thank you. that's the perfect, i think, collaboration between union health service to move this whole issue forward. >> appreciated. welcome. >> thank you for inviting me. thank you for your good work. massachusetts and programs that distribute a line in the community. the family and friends of an appeal of user. he's pro grams save thousands of...
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estimate of contraceptives, speaker boehner also called on the administration to reconsider this world. is there an ongoing debate about potentially reviewing this again even though there was the extensive review going into this decision? >> i think it's important to point you made at the end of your question is the point i was going to begin with is that there was extensive consideration as this policy was developed and the decision was made. the issue here is we want to make sure that when income all women, have access to good health care, and the fact is on average american women use contraception for 40 years of her life, with the average cost of contraception of $50 per month. so this is both an issue of health as well as economics for women across the country. and so, in seeking to find the appropriate balance but we believe we found, it was very important to take into consideration the need to make sure that all women have access to good heah care. and that's what we've done here. so no the date about whether or not this should be reconsidered? >> no, there's not a debate. i thi
estimate of contraceptives, speaker boehner also called on the administration to reconsider this world. is there an ongoing debate about potentially reviewing this again even though there was the extensive review going into this decision? >> i think it's important to point you made at the end of your question is the point i was going to begin with is that there was extensive consideration as this policy was developed and the decision was made. the issue here is we want to make sure that...
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with respect to the debt ceiling, treasury secretary lew wrote to house speaker john boehner on october 15 warning that extraordinary measures to forestall hitting the debt statutory ceiling will exhaust as soon as november 3. at that point, the federal government will have a cash balance of about $30 billion, but it will be facing obligations totaling as much as $60 billion on certain days. as secretary lew wrote in his letter, operating the united states government with no borrowing authority, with only the cash on hand on a given day, would profoundly be irresponsible. as i wrote previously, we anticipate that a remaining cash balance of less than $30 billion would be depleted quickly. in fact, we do not foresee any reasonable scenario in which it would last for an extended period of time. the government makes approximately 80 million payments a month including militarial is rirks medicare reimbursements and many others. in the absence of congressional action, treasury would be unable to satisfy all of these obligations on the -- for the first time in the history of the united states
with respect to the debt ceiling, treasury secretary lew wrote to house speaker john boehner on october 15 warning that extraordinary measures to forestall hitting the debt statutory ceiling will exhaust as soon as november 3. at that point, the federal government will have a cash balance of about $30 billion, but it will be facing obligations totaling as much as $60 billion on certain days. as secretary lew wrote in his letter, operating the united states government with no borrowing...
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second suit was filed in texas sotho courts have struck dead executive action now we hear that speaker boehner will sue the president that is not responsible but we agreed that if they disagree with president obama over the legality of this policy they can let the courts decide that confirmation of the highest law enforcement is not the time or place for frustration. let me ask a couple of questions because some people are concerned the administration is flawless. >> that is my first point of reference. >> if it happens to strike down executive action we respect that? >> i will of legend congress but don't think it would have been but if congress were to pass a bill for the immigration and actions but imagine for the sake of argument if the bill passed would you commit to following the new law? >> to the executed by this body does. >> work permits that they have suggested it is a legal to issue work permits of deferred action. they implied this is unprecedented and misleading. who did it 1982? ronald reagan for those of deferred action 1982 the reagan administration not to say that it isn't ne
second suit was filed in texas sotho courts have struck dead executive action now we hear that speaker boehner will sue the president that is not responsible but we agreed that if they disagree with president obama over the legality of this policy they can let the courts decide that confirmation of the highest law enforcement is not the time or place for frustration. let me ask a couple of questions because some people are concerned the administration is flawless. >> that is my first...
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but i saw in speaker boehner with someone that was trustworthy. and i think day in and day out that is why even speaker as long as he did. the members really did trust him when he told them something, like they knew that he was not playing games. and the second part was that he made decisions based upon what he thought was good and right for america at the end of the day. and for me he may not always agree with every decision which have to respect someone that is even willing to make the tough decisions at times, maybe not something that he went over to well with the republican party as such, but someone who was really trying to do day in and do what was best for the country and what was going to improve peoples lives all across this country spend one of his last acts in because he is still speaker, one of his last acts was to bring up a bill yesterday to fund the government temporarily just through december 11. i was amazed how i watch that boat. you voted yesterday he voted against the government shut down. 151 house republicans voted yesterday
but i saw in speaker boehner with someone that was trustworthy. and i think day in and day out that is why even speaker as long as he did. the members really did trust him when he told them something, like they knew that he was not playing games. and the second part was that he made decisions based upon what he thought was good and right for america at the end of the day. and for me he may not always agree with every decision which have to respect someone that is even willing to make the tough...
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i think boehner would like to. and that is where it begins. >> i am encouraged by the rhetoric and to make washington work better. with the approval rating of 14 percent right now, the lowest voter turnout in 72 years that 36 percent. so there is ample reason for everyone who was elected recently to make washington work better bet there are two reasons we have not talked about. one is the erosion of power and stature of the house. the more they are dysfunctional the more they give power to somebody who isn't. so if they take executive action, that is what is happening. congress is in a position to ask themselves will we become increasingly irrelevant because we are incapable to address our nation's problems today? i don't think anyone wants to be guilty of that. i emily's amazed as i travel abroad the intense curiosity people have about of mark -- america in foreign lands. i amassed all the time why is washington so dysfunctional? as we convince the overall it is the best way to govern if we cannot showcase it how
i think boehner would like to. and that is where it begins. >> i am encouraged by the rhetoric and to make washington work better. with the approval rating of 14 percent right now, the lowest voter turnout in 72 years that 36 percent. so there is ample reason for everyone who was elected recently to make washington work better bet there are two reasons we have not talked about. one is the erosion of power and stature of the house. the more they are dysfunctional the more they give power...
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. >> speaker boehner talked about immigration saying that it would be hard to get anything through the house unless the president is able to regain some trust. he is pointing to things such as the liberties of the administrative's implementing the health care law. if you take the speaker at his word that this is an obstacle for republicans is there anything the president can do to help restore that trust? >> well i would say a couple of things. first of all we remain optimistic about the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform in 2014. we have seen significant movement among republicans on this issue and it is heartening to see that republican leaders in congress including the speaker of the house and others identify immigration reform is a necessary priority. that's a good thing. when it comes to the president's record on issues encompassed within comprehensive immigration reform i think it's very important to look at what he has done already. helping build a bipartisan consensus, and helping build the most effective order enforcement that we have ever seen over the five years
. >> speaker boehner talked about immigration saying that it would be hard to get anything through the house unless the president is able to regain some trust. he is pointing to things such as the liberties of the administrative's implementing the health care law. if you take the speaker at his word that this is an obstacle for republicans is there anything the president can do to help restore that trust? >> well i would say a couple of things. first of all we remain optimistic...